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55.22_o this_o good_a advice_n do_v teach_v we_o the_o short_a way_n to_o ease_v ourselves_o commit_v thy_o work_n say_v solomon_n prov._n 16.3_o unto_o the_o lord_n and_o thy_o thought_n shall_v be_v direct_v there_o be_v no_o think_v of_o any_o end_n of_o that_o business_n 26.12_o god_n must_v do_v all_o our_o work_n forus_fw-la isai_n 26.12_o wherein_o the_o lord_n have_v not_o a_o finger_n to_o finish_v it_o and_o therefore_o in_o short_a let_v the_o lord_n be_v more_o familiar_a with_o we_o and_o then_o all_o our_o matter_n shall_v be_v a_o great_a deal_n more_o easy_a for_o we_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o opposition_n which_o can_v stand_v against_o we_o it_o be_v a_o memorable_a encouragement_n which_o the_o lord_n give_v to_o noble_a joshua_n josh_n 1.5_o 7._o there_o shall_v not_o a_o man_n be_v able_a to_o withstand_v thou_o all_o the_o day_n of_o thy_o life_n as_o i_o be_v with_o moses_n so_o will_v i_o be_v with_o thou_o i_o will_v not_o leave_v thou_o or_o forsake_v thou_o 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faith_n and_o love_n with_o the_o hope_n of_o salvation_n do_v so_o influence_n the_o soul_n of_o the_o saint_n with_o a_o more_o than_o ordinary_a communion_n both_o in_o prosperity_n and_o adversity_n etc._n etc._n galat._n 6.2_o phil._n 2.4_o three_o motive_n 3_o improvement_n eph._n 4.5_o gal._n 5.13_o rev._n 19.10_o gal._n 1.10_o act_n 14.22_o saint_n be_v of_o the_o same_o ministration_n luke_n 1.24_o mat._n 24.45_o rev._n 2.10_o hence_o the_o saint_n be_v put_v to_o it_o 2_o cor._n 4.8_o but_o gainer_n job_n 23.10_o jam._n 1.3_o 4_o the_o doctrine_n improvement_n their_o mutual_a ministration_n that_o they_o be_v all_o of_o one_o oeconomy_n fellow-servant_n to_o the_o same_o lord_n have_v their_o work_n lay_v out_o in_o opposition_n to_o more_o than_o a_o legion_n of_o adversary_n which_o want_v neither_o craft_n or_o cruelty_n to_o compass_v their_o ruin_n do_v engage_v their_o spirit_n to_o a_o affectionate_a sympathy_n of_o one_o another_o condition_n etc._n etc._n 2_o cor._n 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